Washing machine



Sept. 16 1924.

W. C. AYERS WASHING MACHINE Filedl Feb.

v'invention'.

Patented Sept. 16, 1924.

PATENT. oFrieE, f

WILLIAr/r c. AYERS, or scoTTsvILLE, KENTUCKY.

WASHING MACHINE.

Application filed February 28, 1923. Serial No. 621,836.

fo all 107mm `/uug/ concern.:

Beit known that l, WILLIAM C. Armas, a citizen.- of the United States., residing at Scottsvillain the county of AlleinState of Kentucky, 'have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in lashing Machines; and 1I" dohereby declare the folloivingto k'he a. full, clear,'a1id "exact description of' the invention, such as Will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make'and use the same.- n This inventionv relates `to newY and useful ii'nproren'ients in washing" machines, and particularly to machines for `washing clothes. A

One object ofthe invention is to provide a machinev of this character which is simple in construction`V strong and durable in oper 'ati'oin'andwhich can he manufacturcd at a connniratively loiucost.' A

Another olgi'je'ctresides in' a novel form of flasheny andthe manner inu'hifch' the saine longitudinally adjust ableonthe dash'er rod.

' Another 4object is 'to yprovide 'a device of vthis character wherein 'the clothes containing basket isoperaliively connected -With the dashcr rod for movement at acertain point in the rcciprocation thereof, 'to cause a sharp -jerk to the basket to permit the clothes to vfloat on the surface of the water, in the tub. Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying dra-Wings.

In the drawings: Figure l is an elevation of a Washing chine made in accordance With the present 9i-Figure?, is a vertical longitudinal sectional view throughthedev1ce, on the luie -l-Q of Figure 1.

Fignire 25 is avertical sectional. View on the line 213-3 of Figure 2, showing the cam operated member and the cams.` Figure et is a top plan view of the cam yshaft and Wheels, sluiwing the plate 1G iand shaft let-l5 in section.

Figure 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the dasher and basket shafts, showingthe connecting means therebetween.

Referring particularly to the accompany-v ing drawing, l0 representsa base on which are erected thefour eornerposts 11. Extending betnfeen the upper ends of the posts ll, and connected therewith to form a rectangular frame, are the beams 'l2 and the rthis'whecl is engaged thcv cable 32.

otcvd plate 1G, bet'\veen the secured tothe intermediate section 1:3 is a.

horizontal transversely extendingy plate 16 Mounted on the outer end of this'plate itl. and extending vertically therefrom` are the lnfackets 1T which support the transversely extending longitudinally aligned rollers 18, to which more particular reference will be made later herein. Erected on the beams is a verticalv frame if), and disposed transversely of the upper end thereof is a pair of parallel bars 20, which rotatably support therebetween the grooved wheel- 21. Over Y Also `1n u'nled on the-,upper end of the frame l!) is agllide 2?, through which is'slidably dis posed the dasher 'rod 2l. Adjustal'ily se cured on the rod 24. is a clamp 2:1 and en- 'cireling 'the rod, between the clamp and the guide, is va coil spring1 QG,'-Which normally nr es the rod downwardly; Connected to this clampV is one end of the cable fbe fore-mentioned, While the other end of the cable is secured to the free end of the pivbrackets of the rollers '18.

On thecenter of each o'i the beams l2 is secured a bearing block 27, and extending transversely of theffra-me 1s a shaft 28, the

"ond port-ions of which are rotatably snpported in said bearings. On one end of the shaft 28 is fixed al gear E29, and on the shaft,`

outwardly of the said gear,y loosely mounted a vertically extending lever 30, the outer endI of Whichis adapted' to be grasped by the operator and rocked backfand forth on the shaft. Supported on the block 2", adjacent thevgear 29, and at the ends of said blocks,

vare the stub shafts 3l, each of which carries agearwheel 32, of slightly larger dialneter than thefgear 29, and both ot which mesh with the gear 29. LThe portion of `the lever 30, above the shaft 28 is connected with 'the one gear 32 by means of the link 33,

the side face of each of the wheels is a spiral flange 36 the peripheral face of which is arranged to engage with a roller 18, so that as the wheels turn with the shaft 28, the plate 16 will be depressed, and the spring E26 placed under tension by ther upward movement of the dasher rod, through the action of the cable. As the thicker portion of each cam flange 36 comes around, the spring 26 will be permitted to expand and push the dasher rod downwardly, and at the saine time exert a lifting force to raise the plate 1G into position to be again engaged by the cams.

The lower end of the dasher rod is formed with a longitudinal cavity 37, anddisposed for slidable movement in the `cavity is` the elongated head 33 of the rod 39. A cap 40 vis screwed onto the lower end of the dasher rod, to prevent 4the said head 38 from being withdrawn from said cavity, as the rod 24 moves upwardly. Disposed on the dasher rod 24 is a. sleeve 41, the opposite ends of which are externally threaded as shown. Disposed on each of the threaded ends of the sleeve 41 is a washer plate 4Q having openings adjacent its periphery, as

shown at 43, and through each of these openings is the end of a wire 44, cross wires beingn secured to the wires 44, so that an approximately spherical wire mesh cage is produced, with the. sleeve 41 and the dasher rod 24 extending through the center thereof. Clamping nuts 46 are screwed onto the ends of the sleeve, above and below the washer plates to clamp the saine in position on the sleeve, and to clamp the ends of the wires. The upper threaded end of the sleeve 41 is longitudinally split, as shown at y47, and a tapered nut'engag'ed thereon, as shown at 48, for the purpose of binding' the said end of the sleeve against the dasher rod, and thereby holding` the dasher in different adjusted positions along the rod 24, in accordance with the amount of clothes within the tub, shown at The tub 49, is disposed on the base" 10, within the enclosure of the corner posts 11, and in the bottom of the tub are disposed the wooden rings 50 secured in proper coin centric relation.

YWithin the tub is disposed a wire basket 51, within which are placed the clothes to be washed, and secured in the center of the ybotto-m of the basket is an upwardly eX- tending` hollow stem 52, within which is secured the lower end of the beforeanentioned rod 39.

From the foregoiimA it will be seen that when the lever is rocked back and forth on the shaft 2S, the gears 32 will be rotated, through the medium of the links 33 and said `gears coinnninicating` rotary inotion to the shaft 2S. by means of the gear 29., vAs the shaft 23 is rotated the wheels 35 will also be rotated moving their cams 36 against rthe rollers 18, with the result thatthe free end of the plate 16 will be depressedto exert a downward pull on the attached end of the cable 22. This pull on the cable lifts the dasher rod 24, oompi'essing the spring 26, and moves the dasher upwardly from the clothes within the basket 51, lWhen the dasher has almost completed its upward stroke, the cap 40 engages with the head and lifts the basket, bod-ily, from the bottom of the tub, this movement being` accomplished by a short, sharp jerk. release `the rollers 18, the spring 26 will expand, driving .the dasher downwardly onto the top ofthe clothes 'within the basket,pit being understood vthat the; basket As the cams of the wheels 35 ,f

moves downwardly a short distance, with the rod Q4, before the daslier presses on the clothesy This permits the clothes .to rise toward the surface of the water, and thereby allow the water toA pass through the clothes. As the dasher presses on the clothes the water will rise up through them, bringing' the dirt from the clothes.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. A washing machine including a reciprocable dashei', meansfor reciprocating Ithe dasher, a clothes containing basket, and connections between the basket and the dasher whereby during the linal portion of the upstroke of the dasher the basket will be violently moved upwardly.

2. A washing machine including a reciprocable dasher, means for reciprocating the dasher, a clothes containing basket, and ya rod connected with the basket and loosely engaged with the dasher whereby the basket will be given a violent upward jerk during the iinal portion of one end of the stroke thereof.

3. A washing machine including a reciprocable dasher including a rod having a cavity in one end, a clothes containing basket, a rod extending upwardly from the center of the basket and connected thereto, a head on the second mentioned rod slidably disposed in the cavity of the liiifst rod, a head retaining means on the said lcavity end, and means for reciprocating the first rod.

4.r A washing machine includinga `recipi'ocable dasher including a rod having a cavity in its lower end, a clothes containing receptacle, a vertical rod fixed in the basket and having a head slidable in lthe cavity of the first rod,.means for reciprocating said nrst rod and retaining' means on the first rod for engagement bythe second rod 'whereby during the completion of the uplstroke of the dasher the retaining means will engage said head and produce an upward jerk on the receptacle.

5# A washing` machine including a frame',v

a recipiocable dasher rod mounted in the frame, resilient means normally expanded to urge the dasher rod in one direction, a depressible element, a flexible element connected with the dasher rod and the depressible element for holding the latter in elevated position, a rotatable cam operatively engaged with the depressible element for depressing the saine to exert a pull on the flexible element and raise the dasher rod against the action of the resilient means, and means for operating the cam.

6. A washing machine including a frame, a reciprocable dasher rod mounted in the frame, resilient means normally expanded for urging the dasher rod in one direction, a depressible element, a exible element con nectedy with the dasher rod and the depressible element, a rotatable cam intermittently engageable with the depressible element, for depressing the same and exerting a pull on the lexibe element to lift the dasher rod and compress the resilient means, and means for rotating the cam.

7. A washing machine including a frame, a reciprocable dasher rod mounted in the frame, resilient means for normally urging the dasher rod in one direction, a shaft adjacent the rod, a depressibleplate, a. cable connected with the depressible plate and the dasher rod, a cam on the shaft operatively `engaged with the depressible plate, a gear on the shaft, driving gears mounted adjacent the shaft and meshing with the shaft gear, a rock lever on the shaft movable independently of the shaft, and links between the lever and the driving gears.

8. A washing machine including a dasher rod, a sleeve mounted on the rod and having its ends externally threaded, one of the said ends being longitudinally split, a washer on each end of the sleeve, a wire frame supported on the washers, and a clamping nut engaged on vthe split end of the sleeve for binding the ksleeve on the rod to maintain the sleeve against movement on the rod.

9. A washing machine including a clothes containingbasliet having reticulated walls and bottom, a vertical hollow stem mounted in the bottom of ythe basket, a vertical rod` secured within the hollow stem, a dasher rod slidably connected with the vertical rod, and means for reciprocating said dasher rod.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM C, AYERS. Witnesses:

J. W. SATTERFIELD, Rosin JOHNSON. 

